(Book Review)

The Biotic Message is a science book on the creation-evolution
controversy. It quotes frequently, if not exhaustively, and only
from the author's opponents — the evolutionists. It focuses keenly on all
the literature of the anti-creationists, to address the issues they raise.
The book engages evolutionists on their terms, on their issues, using their
testimony, and their ground rules — including the central role of testability
within Science.

The book focuses on the biological issues. It is not about age, geology,
cosmology, floods, or catastrophes. It contains no theology or religious
discussion. People on various sides of those issues can comfortably embrace
this book.

The book is lengthy and densely packed. It is not lite reading, it is
for the serious student of the origins controversy. Though perhaps best
described as a freshman-level college text, it has been enjoyed by highschool
students and is suitable for public schools. A strong background in science
is not necessary, as the book is tutorial in its approach.

Half the book dismantles evolutionary illusions, such as:

The carnival shell game maneuvering behind natural selection and the
anthropic principle.

The inability of evolutionary geneticists to make their models consistent
with their claims and the data.

The incredible flexibility and untestability of evolutionary theory,
it has no coherent structure. Many evolutionists are quoted to demonstrate
the contradictions within evolutionary theory.

The philosophical double-standards held by evolutionists, one standard
for creation, and a lesser one for evolution.

The misuse of terminology and classification methods to create evolutionary
illusions.

The fossil record systematically refutes the predictions of Darwinism.
This is documented by quoting evolutionists themselves.

Punctuationists (such as Stephen Gould) responded to their setbacks
by constructing a theory that is compatible with a complete absence of
evidence for evolution. Few students know that punctuated equilibria theory
is specially constructed to destroy the appearance of lineages and
identifiable ancestors.

The analysis of evolutionary theory receives praise from creationists
and evolutionists alike.

The other half of the book is more controversial. The book doesn't just
take shots at evolution, it actively proposes a scientifically testable
creation theory to take its place. The new theory overturns Darwin's and
Gould's arguments about "imperfect" designs, and most notably,
the evolutionist's central argument — the nested pattern of life. The full
range of biological issues are discussed, from vestigial organs, to embryology,
to biomolecules, to biogeography, and more.

The central claims of the theory are simple and plausible: Life was
reasonably designed for survival, and to convey a message that tells where
life came from. The message can be described in two parts:

Life was designed to look like the product of a single
designer.

Life was designed to resist all other explanations.

In other words, evolutionary theory helped shape the pattern of life
— with a reverse impact. Life was intricately designed to resist all
evolutionary explanations, not just Darwin's or Lamarck's.

This 538 page hardbound book is handsomely printed and bound by America's
leading manufacturer of Law books. The Biotic Message can win a
place on your science bookshelf.

ISBN 0-9637999-0-8

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